Privacy, Data Security and License to Publish Policy
The 24th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM2016) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the confidentiality of your personal information.
How the ICTAM2016 collects personal information
The ICTAM2016 activities require the handling of personal information and hence the ICTAM2016 collects personal information. This information may be collected from paper forms received through the postal services or by fax, or electronically through registration on the ICTAM2016 Web Site.The information may be provided by the individuals themselves or by third parties acting on behalf of individuals (e.g. an agent submitting a summary paper).
The ways in which the ICTAM2016 collects personal information are:
• When you register personal details when creating or updating your account
• When you, or someone on your behalf, submit proposals or content in connection with scientific sessions at the Congress (e.g. summary paper submission)
• When an association affiliated to the ICTAM2016 supplies the ICTAM2016 with details of their Members’ personal information
What personal information is collected by the ICTAM2016
In order for your request, application, etc. to be processed, Title, First Name(s), Family Name(s), Full Postal Address, Email address must be provided. Other information may be requested to help identification (e.g. date of birth), to contact you in case of need (telephone and fax), or to provide you with appropriate products and services (e.g. Travel Support Program).The Profile page enables you to manage your personal information.
Email addresses
For your convenience and security, your email address is unique to you in the system and we do not permit more than one account per person to avoid confusion. This is to ensure that communications, which are sent to you personally are not read by others, and that others do not gain access to the information in your account.Disclosure of information and Marketing
The ICTAM2016 complies with the Privacy Act 1980-81-82-83, c. 111, Sch. II “1” and takes all reasonable care to prevent any unauthorized access to your personal data.We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to others. We may supply your information to our contractors to perform specific services (such as to the publishers to deliver ICTAM2016 Digest). Otherwise, the ICTAM2016 does not disclose personal information to any other person or organization without your consent.
Right of access to your ICTAM2016 information
You have the right to access, amend, and oppose the use of your personal data. You have direct control over the information in your personal profile. You can access and change this information at any time from your profile page.If you want to know exactly what personal information the ICTAM2016 holds on you, you can obtain it. If it transpires that the information is inaccurate, or you wish to oppose its use in future, the ICTAM2016 will make the necessary amendments and confirm that these have been made.
Data security
To protect your information, the ICTAM2016 uses an industry standard security protocol called Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to encrypt the transmission of sensitive information between you and our website.
Use of Cookies
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The ICTAM2016 Web Site contains links to other websites. Please be aware that the ICTAM2016 is not responsible for the privacy policies of other sites.License to Publish Agreement
By submitting your summary paper(s), subject to acceptance, you agree to the following Terms and Conditions:Licence to Publish - Your summary paper(s) is /are being submitted to the National Research Council of Canada acting as the Management Office for the 24th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM2016). In consideration of publication of your summary paper(s) by the 24th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM2016) Management Office, you as the holder of the Copyright, hereafter called the "Owner" (the Author(s) or other owner of the copyright) hereby grant to the 24th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM2016) a non-exclusive royalty-free, worldwide licence for the full period of the copyright in the summary paper(s) in each applicable jurisdiction to publish, reproduce or authorize others to use or post the summary paper(s) and distribute in all forms, formats and media the compendium of scientific peer-reviewed matter for the 24th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM2016).
You, as Owner or on behalf of the Owner, declare that:
You are authorized by all the author(s) to enter in this agreement;
- The summary paper(s) is the original of the Author(s), no part of the summary paper(s) is copied from any other source;
- All required permissions have been obtained for any material used from copyrighted works of other persons;
- The summary paper(s) will not be submitted for publication other than for the 24th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM2016);
- The exercise of rights granted under this license will not infringe the copyright of any person or result in any breach of confidentiality or breach of any contract or of any law.
The Owner agrees to indemnify the 24th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM2016) against all losses, costs and expenses (including legal costs and expenses) arising from any claims made against the 24th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM2016) by third parties as a consequence of breach of the Owner's above warranty.
This license sets forth the understanding of the parties and supersedes all prior understandings and written agreements relating to the subject of this license.